It’s no secret that Trump’s endorsements have been impulsive, and it looks like he jumped the gun again by giving an early nod to SEAN PARNELL in the open Pennsylvania Senate race. Republicans we talked to in Washington and Trump-world are clearly worried since the news broke this week that Parnell requested a gag order on his estranged wife LAURIE and her lawyer during their custody battle. Shortly after Trump endorsed Parnell in September, rival JEFF BARTOS revealed that Parnell’s wife filed two protective orders against him in 2017 and 2018. Both were expunged, but some Republicans worry that there may be more shoes to drop…
Trump’s team said they did a full vetting of Parnell, including a criminal background check, but added that divorce issues wouldn’t surface in such a check because of the privacy of those records. An operative on an opponent’s team, however, said they discovered the protective orders within three days.
“They make hasty decisions that are not thought out or well researched,” said a source in Trump-world. “All it does is confirm lessons that we’ve known all along: that no one is in control.”
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